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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
one tspn salt or less
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
2.5 cups
trans fatty acid
2. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
day week or month
essential amino acids
milk - enriched grains
3. What does DASH stand for?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
dietary approach to stop hypertension
one week period
vitamin K
4. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
dairy and fortified foods
vitamin K
2 cups
B and C
5. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
TPN total parenteral nutrition
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
B and C
6. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
protein
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
7. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
pregnant women or elderly
8. Name six sources of grains
300 cal/day increase
2.5 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
9. Sources of fats
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
transferrin
one tspn salt or less
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
10. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
essential amino acids
dietary approach to stop hypertension
dark green - orange - drybeans
decrease in total lymphocyte count
11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
carrots and sweet potatoes
vitamin C - citrus fruits
day week or month
pregnant women or elderly
12. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
day week or month
prealbumin levels
13. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
vitamin C - citrus fruits
prealbumin levels
day week or month
dietary approach to stop hypertension
14. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
300 cal/day increase
carrots and sweet potatoes
one week period
15. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
apple is higher risk than a pear
one tspn salt or less
18-25
16. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
day week or month
dairy and fortified foods
fat soluble vitamins
17. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
milk - enriched grains
2.5 cups
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
trans fatty acid
18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
2.5 cups
fats
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
19. What foods have high quality protein?
hemoglobin
liver and intestinal synthesis
protein
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
20. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
cream cheese - cream or butter
4 calories/gram
vitamin C - citrus fruits
21. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
albumin levels
starches - sugars - and cellulose
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
22. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
albumin levels
vitamin C - citrus fruits
hemorrhage
23. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
prealbumin levels
500 cal/day
3 cups
24. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
protein
dietary approach to stop hypertension
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
milk - enriched grains
25. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
TPN total parenteral nutrition
diet recall
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
26. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
trans fatty acid
antioxidant - immune function
apple is higher risk than a pear
27. What type of people need extra protein?
pregnant women or elderly
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
protein and fat
28. What function is vitamin D?
rickets - osteomalacia
4 calories/gram
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
29. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
prealbumin levels
300 cal/day increase
30. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
prealbumin levels
protein
31. Where can you get more vitamin D?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dairy and fortified foods
liver and intestinal synthesis
milk - enriched grains
32. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
500 cal/day
33. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
2.5 cups
protein and fat
one tspn salt or less
liver and intestinal synthesis
34. Fats can lead to some medical problems
cream cheese - cream or butter
dairy and fortified foods
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
35. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
6 oz. a day
fat soluble vitamins
decrease in total lymphocyte count
albumin levels
36. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
review of systems
B and C
rickets - osteomalacia
carrots and sweet potatoes
37. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
diet recall
fat soluble vitamins
dietary approach to stop hypertension
pregnant women or elderly
38. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
atrophy or wasting of muscle
one week period
protein
39. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
B and C
transferrin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
essential amino acids
40. When does BMR decrease?
2 cups
fat soluble vitamins
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
one tspn salt or less
41. The higher the BMR a client has --
dietary approach to stop hypertension
review of systems
can consume more calories without weight gain
protein
42. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
6 oz. a day
fats
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
43. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
TPN total parenteral nutrition
44. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vitamin C - citrus fruits
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
45. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dairy and fortified foods
2 cups
46. What is the function of vitamin E?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
3 cups
antioxidant - immune function
47. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6 oz. a day
48. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
decrease in total lymphocyte count
6 oz. a day
albumin levels
500 cal/day
49. What are healthy sources of fats?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
50. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
atrophy or wasting of muscle
6 oz. a day
2.5 cups
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